Asperula setosa (Asperula setosa)
Description
Annual,erect herb,8-20 cm long,subtrichotomously branched,whole plant glabrous except bracts;branchlets filiform.Leaves generally in 6-whorls,sessile,1-nerved,membranous,minutely scabridulous at margins,8-16 x 1.5-2.5 mm,elliptic,spathulate or spathulate-linear.Inflorescence terminal and axillary,5-9-flowered heads;peduncles setose.Bracts leafy,unequal,setose,longer than flowers.Flowers pale or whitish,red,2-4 (-5) mm long.Corolla-tube infundibuliform,c.2.5 mm long;lobes ovate,c.1 mm long.Mericarps subglobose,c.1.25 mm in diameter,with persistent setose bracts.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Gentianales
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Family: Rubiaceae
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Genus: Asperula
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